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MTN Cameroon promotes Education for Girl Child

Since 1 June 2013, MTN Cameroon is more than ever before close to communities through its social programme dubbed 21 Days of Y’ello.

On Friday 07 June 2013, MTNers officially launched the fund-raising campaign for the education of the girl child and undereducated children of Kousséri and the 10 municipalities of the Logone and Chari. This ceremony that held at the company’s head office in Douala witnessed the massive participation of employees whose kind donations enabled to raise a significant sum of money, given that, each staff is supposed to contribute 1000 F CFA per day, being 21 000 F CFA in 21 days in order to change lives in Kousséri and promote access to education for all. There was also the donation of didactic materials and other school stationery.

On Saturday 08 June 2013, MTNers nationwide carried out various actions. In view of reacting in alignment with the new vision and mission of the enterprise which is that of providing customers a new digital world for a brighter future, MTNers met with people of all works of life and various communities in order to familiarize them with this new world. In the Littoral region, the Government High Schools of Makepe and Japoma respectively played host to this caravan which brought together students, teachers, associations, the elite and residents. More than 350 people were trained on social networks, internet, ICT and computer basics. MTN employees, equipped with computers, tablets, smartphones etc, organized several sessions where several workshops enabled to connect the communities to this new digital world which is that of today and tomorrow. This MTN multimedia caravan dubbed “Welcome to the New World” equally visited in the North region the towns of Garoua, notably the Roumde Adja and Bibemire neighbourhoods, Maroua, especially Pitoare and Arde quarters, Ngaoundere in Sabongari and Burkinabe in the as well as Bertoua where the training was particularly meant for inmates of the Marie France Orphanage of Nkolbikone.

In the Centre region, MTNers went to Nkolmesseng where a discussion on new information and communication technologies enabled to sensitize the population on the importance of Education for all, in a world where analogy has definitively given way to digitization. Demonstration and experimentation sessions on ICTs enabled to reassure the population who, with regard to their uncertainty, did not already believe that they as well could have access to these tools for their education and development.

Earlier on, in the week, MTNers of the North West region accompanied by the Inspector for Basic Education in Santa, Bamenda visited the village of Baligham in North West region, where an elated population appreciated the training on basic computer skills. The villagers, about 1000 in number, comprised of students, teachers, and traditional authorities.

Focus shall be placed on other localities next week in order to provide a greater majority with access to the new world.